These games depict biological processes run amuck, rampant mutation, and bodily fusion with mechanical or eletronic elements. Obvious sources of inspiration are Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Alien (1979), Akira (1982), The Thing (1982), or Jacob's Ladder (1990).
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Alien Concept Software C64 1984 1 logs Salamander Konami Arcade 1986 3 logs Metroid Intelligent Systems NES 1986 5 videos C 30 logs Life Force Konami NES 1987 C 7 logs R-Type Irem M72 1987 May 6 videos 24 logs Alien Crush Compile PCE 1988 2 videos 6 logs R-Type Software Studios ZXS 1988 2 logs Abadox: The Deadly Inner War Natsume NES 1989 1 video 4 logs XMultiply Irem M72 1989 2 videos 7 logs R-Type Irem Amiga 1989 1 video 13 logs R-Type II Irem M72 1989 1 video 4 logs SAR: Search and Rescue SNK Arcade 1989 Mar 1 video C 1 logs Dragon's Fury Technosoft GEN 1990 2 logs Aliens Konami Arcade 1990 1 video C x 4 6 logs Space Gun Taito Arcade 1990 C 1 logs Z-Out Advantec Amiga 1990 1 video 4 logs Amnios * Flying Chicken Amiga 1991 2 videos C 7 logs R-Type II Irem Amiga 1991 1 video 3 logs Super R-Type Irem SNES 1991 1 video C x 2 9 logs Xexex Konami Arcade 1991 1 video 2 logs Space Gun Images Amiga 1992 1 video 3 logs R-Type III: The Third Lightning Irem SNES 1993 C 9 logs Alien 3: The Gun Sega System 1993 C 2 logs Super Metroid ** Intelligent Systems SNES 1994 C 10 logs Alien vs. Predator Capcom CPS2 1994 1 video C x 3 7 logs R-Type Delta Irem PS 1998 1 video 6 logs Silent Hill *** Team Silent PS 1999 8 videos C x 2 24 logs Alien Resurrection Argonaut PS 2000 4 logs Silent Hill 2 Team Silent PS2 2001 C 3 logs Metroid Prime ** Retro Studios GC 2002 C 2 logs Metroid Fusion Nintendo GBA 2002 6 logs R-Type Final ** Irem PS2 2003 1 video C x 3 4 logs Silent Hill 3 Team Silent PS2 2003 C 3 logs Silent Hill 4: The Room *** Team Silent PS2 2004 C x 2 10 logs Metroid Prime Pinball Fuse Games NDS 2005 4 logs R-Type Tactics * Irem PSP 2007 C x 2 5 logs Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Retro Studios WII 2007 4 logs Silent Hill: Origins - Climax Studios PSP 2007 C 10 logs Dead Space *** Visceral Games 360 2008 C 11 logs Alien Crush Returns Tamsoft WII 2008 C 5 logs Silent Hill Homecoming * Double Helix 360 2008 C 6 logs Dead Space: Extraction Eurocom WII 2009 7 logs R-Type ** Southend Interactive 360 2009 13 logs R-Type II Southend Interactive 360 2009 C 7 logs Silent Hill: Shattered Memories * Climax Studios WII 2009 C x 2 6 logs Dead Space 2 *** Visceral Games 360 2011 C x 2 32 logs R-Type DotEmu Androi 2011 2 logs Dead Space 3 Visceral Games 360 2013 C 30 logs Dead Space 3 Visceral Games Win 2013 2 logs The Last of Us Naughty Dog PS3 2013 C 2 logs Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly Win 2014 1 logs Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly PS4 2014 3 videos 12 logs The Last of Us Remastered Naughty Dog PS4 2014 7 videos C 12 logs Soma *** Frictional Games PS4 2015 5 videos M ! 10 logs Inside Playdead XB1 2016 M ! 8 logs Inside Playdead Win 2016 C 3 logs Inside Playdead PS4 2016 M ! 5 logs AM2R: Return of Samus Milton Guasti Win 2016 1 video 3 logs Gears of War 4 The Coalition XB1 2016 5 videos C 44 logs Gears 5 The Coalition XB1 2019 20 videos C x 2 22 logs Carrion Phobia Game Studio XB1 2020 4 videos C 3 logs Carrion Phobia Game Studio Win 2020 1 video 1 logs R-Type Final 2 Granzella PS4 2021 6 videos C x 2 19 logs Remote Life Next Game Level PS5 2022 1 video 5 logs Scorn XSX 2022 4 videos 7 logs